From: Lothar Scholz <mailinglists@...>
Date: 2004-08-03T07:49:58+09:00
Subject: Re: Macros in Ruby

Hello Jesse,

JJ> Banning a feature because it can be misused is a pretty weak rationale.

Banning an often misused features because it does not fit in the style of a
language is a very good rationale.


Read the chapter "On language design and evolution" from
http://www2.inf.ethz.ch/~meyer/ongoing/etl/#table

Username: "Talkitover"
Password: "etl3"
Yes this is a public accessable page !


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